Our Tasks
The Digital Office, including Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), is the central unit that supports KIT in its digitalization efforts and advises and supports the management level in its responsibilities in this regard.
The Digital Office acts as an overarching mediator in terms of the management level’s responsibility. It is assigned to the Executive Board Department “Digitalization and Sustainability” and supports the Vice President Prof. Dr. Kora Kristof in her responsibility for the digitalization area of action in the KIT 2025 Strategy.
The Digital Office thus generally examines the possibilities and benefits of digitalization for KIT and drives them forward. The technical requirements and users’ needs are recorded and taken into account for the further development of KIT’s digital infrastructure.
Our Offerings
The Digital Office:
- advises and supports the Executive Board and the heads of divisions in shaping digitalization and information security issues.
- Together with the CIO, is responsible for the development and implementation of the digitalization strategy as part of the KIT 2025 Strategy.
- is responsible for creating structures (e.g. committees) for setting and coordinating digitalization topics and projects.
- provides and maintains an overview of digitalization at KIT and is the universal point of contact - in the sense of a pilot function - for digitalization topics at KIT.
- takes up user requirements, current developments and interests and brings them to the right place at KIT in a targeted manner.
- advises and supports in setting up and preparing digitization projects.
Talk to us: We can advise, support and network.
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Which topics are affected by digitalization at KIT?
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Information security should adequately protect an organization’s information. How does KIT safeguard the fundamental values of confidentiality, integrity and availability?
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Digitalization is part of the KIT 2025 Strategy as a strategic area of action. What goals and measures is KIT pursuing?
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How does KIT guarantee all stakeholder groups are involved in the processing of upcoming and future digitalization topics?
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09.06.2026 At the annual conference of the EUNIS association in Timișoara, Romania, KIT was strongly represented with contributions spanning AI-supported learning, Open Science, digital sovereignty, intelligent campus services, and immersive educational technologies. Our colleague Isabel Gallin played a key role in shaping the conference programme while bringing together diverse KIT perspectives on the digital transformation of higher education in Europe.
Refer to EUNIS 2026 conference programme
11.05.2026 A meeting at Campus North shows potential for more visibility, networking and a joint Open Science initiative at KIT. The workshop was initiated and organized by the KIT Library and involved stakeholders who contributed different perspectives on the topic of Open Science, including the Digital Office.
refer to KIT-Library's article
29.04.2026 Prof. Kora Kristof, Vice President Digitalization and Sustainability, in an interview with ZML. About the development of AI skills among students, employees and researchers, about the twin transformation and the focus of her work for the coming years.
Refer to interview with ZML (German)
20.04.2026 Since 2025, KIT has been offering a server for organizational units on the Mastodon social network. Employees can now also create personal accounts there.
Refer to intranet page with Howtos (German)You can find further news about digitalization at KIT in our news list.